Breakfast at 22° Fahrenheit

Vignette of a matriarch #2

Mark C Watney
Genius in a Bottle

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Photo by author (Grace Watkins at 90)

She ate her own breakfast today.
Then, determined to walk outside without a cane,

the old missionary
jostled the front door
till we let her out
onto the snowy porch —
eager to be outside
though it was 22° F

But the sun was warm
and she didn’t complain

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Part 2 of 6 Vignettes:

Vignette of a matriarch #1: “Her Ancient Finger”
https://medium.com/me/stats/post/e449a9dd2e2d

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